GitHub Copilot enterprise policy fail-closed startup setting

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GitHub release describes fresh managed policy requirement and minimum client version enforcement for supported Copilot agents.

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• supportsEnterprise Copilot clients can require fresh policy and fail closed when it is unavailable: GitHub reports forceRemoteSettingsRefresh can require fresh managed settings at startup, preventing fallback to cached policy after failed fetches.

  Force refresh settings on client startup

• supportsEnterprise Copilot clients can require fresh policy and fail closed when it is unavailable: GitHub reports managed sandbox settings now impose a minimum supported Copilot client version, and first-start policy deployment differs by delivery method.

  Minimum required client version; Force refresh settings on client startup